Back up years of daycare photos and videos from the Procare app with Claude Code
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Kalvin Mizzi asked Claude Code whether a child's daycare app had a way to bulk-download every photo and video. It found the Procare API, wrote a script and pulled down years of photos and videos that Mizzi had never thought to back up.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Download a full copy of every photo and video of my child from our daycare or school app. Fill in before running: - The app name: [APP] - Where to save the files: [FOLDER] Rules: - First check whether the app has an official export or download option, and use it if it does. - Only access my own account, signed in by me; don't share or upload the files anywhere. - Name files by date so they sort in order, and skip ones already downloaded. - Tell me how many files you saved and anything you couldn't get. - If a site asks me to sign in, pause and let me do it myself (including any CAPTCHA or two-step code); never guess or store passwords. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. Output: A folder of photos and videos named by date, and a short count of what was saved. You'll know it worked when: every photo and video from the app is saved on my computer.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Download a full copy of every photo and video of my child from our daycare or school app. Fill in before running: - The app name: [APP] - Where to save the files: [FOLDER] Rules: - First check whether the app has an official export or download option, and use it if it does. - Only access my own account, signed in by me; don't share or upload the files anywhere. - Name files by date so they sort in order, and skip ones already downloaded. - Tell me how many files you saved and anything you couldn't get. - If a site asks me to sign in, pause and let me do it myself (including any CAPTCHA or two-step code); never guess or store passwords. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. Output: A folder of photos and videos named by date, and a short count of what was saved. You'll know it worked when: every photo and video from the app is saved on my computer.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Download a full copy of every photo and video of my child from our daycare or school app. Fill in before running: - The app name: [APP] - Where to save the files: [FOLDER] Rules: - First check whether the app has an official export or download option, and use it if it does. - Only access my own account, signed in by me; don't share or upload the files anywhere. - Name files by date so they sort in order, and skip ones already downloaded. - Tell me how many files you saved and anything you couldn't get. - If a site asks me to sign in, pause and let me do it myself (including any CAPTCHA or two-step code); never guess or store passwords. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. - Check the app's terms of use before using anything other than its official export. Output: A folder of photos and videos named by date, and a short count of what was saved. You'll know it worked when: every photo and video from the app is saved on my computer. Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.
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https://x.com/kalvinmizzi/status/2092658615534702863
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